Quoting a YouTube video. Reference model in text and example: Peter Draws, 2020, Video creator OR Channel name, Year published. If you need to reference or post a specific part of the YouTube video, you will add a timecode to your in-text reference. , in minutes:seconds format. Here's what it looks like: Example of a short note. 2. Woolf, “Modern Fiction,” 11. Guidelines for using short and full notes may vary across fields and institutions. Sometimes you may need to use a full footnote for each citation, or use a short footnote each time, as long as all sources appear in the Chicago-style bibliography. First, locate the following details for the video: author or creator of the video. , the title of the video, the date it was uploaded and the full link to the video. The author or creator can be found below the video itself on the YouTube page. The title of the video is also directly below the video. The upload date can also be found below the video.